Plate Tectonics

CONTINENT
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CRUST
DIVERGENT
EARTHQUAKE
FAULTS
LANDFORMS
LITHOSPHERE
OCEAN
PANGAEA
PLATES
SUBDUCTION
TECTONICS
TRANSFORM

Using modern equipment, scientists known as oceanographers have been able to measure and map out the ocean floor. What these scientists have discovered has helped explain how it is that continents are able to move around on the Earth’s crust.

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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2L # T # # O # # A E A G N A P
3A # L S # # N # # # # # # L #
4N # # I U E # V # # # # A # S
5D # S # T R K # E # # T # C #
6F # U # R H C A # R E # I # #
7O # B # A # O # U S G N # # D
8R # D # N # N S # Q O E # # I
9M # U # S # V # P T H # N # V
10S F C # F # E # C H # T # T E
11# A T # O # C E # # E # R # R
12# U I # R # T # # # # R # A G
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Word X Y Direction
CONTINENT  51e
CONVECTION  77s
CONVERGENT  51se
CRUST  76nw
DIVERGENT  157s
EARTHQUAKE  1513nw
FAULTS  210s
LANDFORMS  12s
LITHOSPHERE  88se
OCEAN  714w
PANGAEA  152w
PLATES  152sw
SUBDUCTION  35s
TECTONICS  712ne
TRANSFORM  55s